I very much appreciated a recent post on streamer fishing/flies. I wanted to explore some of the comments made primarly by John and Davy and some others regarding weighting flies for intended action and so forth.
"Added weight to a streamer can make a great deal of difference in so far as how it will animate related to how the fly is retrieved. If weight is added at the tail of the fly the action will be very different to one that has weight added at the head end or along the length of the hook shank. Here again related to how the fly is tied and with what material."
John also mentioned weighting a fly at the rear or middle will give a more erratic movement.
I thought it might be an interesting discussion to continue.
What are folks favorite more effective techniques to fish streamers on the White River system? Then how do we match general fly designs that will best be fished with those techniques? And, finally how do we weight them to enhance the activity of the fly for the technique. How do sinking/floating setups and leader to fly length change these attributes of streamer fishing.
Aaron
"Added weight to a streamer can make a great deal of difference in so far as how it will animate related to how the fly is retrieved. If weight is added at the tail of the fly the action will be very different to one that has weight added at the head end or along the length of the hook shank. Here again related to how the fly is tied and with what material."
John also mentioned weighting a fly at the rear or middle will give a more erratic movement.
I thought it might be an interesting discussion to continue.
What are folks favorite more effective techniques to fish streamers on the White River system? Then how do we match general fly designs that will best be fished with those techniques? And, finally how do we weight them to enhance the activity of the fly for the technique. How do sinking/floating setups and leader to fly length change these attributes of streamer fishing.
Aaron
